[emmapersky]

This is bizarre. Why is this aimed so squarely at "Mr President" - The Obama Administration was anti SOPA, whereas the republican senate was behind it. Sure, the reality is probably more subtle than this, but if you must pick a single entity, the Republican Senate seems like a better target. Less sexy I guess.

[creativityland]

http://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-joe-biden-ordered-the-meg...

http://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-mpaa-riaa-corrupted-the-u...

[wildgift]

That's interesting. Upvoted.

My sense is that this takedown is supposed to send a message to the larger internet media companies. The small ones could be easy pickings, but the big ones like Netflix, Apple and Google are what the entertainment industry really cares about - and as they see their markets being transformed, they will fight with whatever they've got. And one thing they've got is the law and political experience.

They picked on Kim because he's an unlikeable character. He's rich and arrogant, and his alignment with hip hop and youth culture won't win him supporters in DC or in governments.

[aes256]

Whether these claims are true or not, I would take everything Kim Dotcom or TorrentFreak say with a pinch of salt.

When one is reporting what the other is saying, make that three pinches of salt.

[emmapersky]

I'm even more confused having spent 20 minutes consuming the bizarro content on this site.

This appears to be an anti-obama website though he isn't making it directly clear. Sure, we should question our elected officials, and hold them against the standards on which they were elected (Change in Obama's case), and that's what he seems to be doing in the first section.

I'm just not sure why he is taking some of the goodwill he might have built up and directing it at Obama. I might be wrong, but I suspect he would be much worse off under a Romney Administration.

[wildgift]

Logic and politics don't often go together, at least on the surface. Behind the scenes, there's a logic.

[illuminate]

You're assuming logic. He's trying to stir up attention for his personal brand, and his associated products. I don't think he necessarily believes that Obama/Biden had anything direct to do with the action, but playing up that angle gets him tons of PR.

[sadlyNess]

The dont-vote-for-Obama bit reminds me of George Bush's "pre-war intelligence failure" fiasco.

[jopt]

I speculate: As this is an election year, playing the Obama angle will generate interest.

[rorrr]

> whereas the republican senate was behind it

SOPA had

19 republican sponsors and supporters

35 democratic sponsors and supporters

https://projects.propublica.org/sopa/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_Congresspersons_who...

[wildgift]

It was a bipartisan effort carried out mainly for the entertainment industry. The reason why there were more Dems is largely because the business is in California, and is heavily unionized. The employees in the entertainment industry tend to see piracy as something that costs them money and jobs.